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Pakistanis protest against anti-Quran film

Sat May 3, 2008 6:03 AM EDT
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Ashraf Khan, Associated Press

A Pakistani Taliban shows a blood-stained copy of the Quran after a suicide attack in Bara, a troubled town in the Khyber tribal region about 15 kilometers (10 miles) from Peshawar, Pakistan on Thursday, May 1, 2008. A suicide attacker struck at the headquarters of the Taliban-style religious group Thursday, killing only himself but wounding 30 others, officials and witnesses said.(AP Photo/Mohammad Zubair)

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KARACHI — Thousands of supporters from a radical Islamic group have rallied in southern Pakistan to condemn an anti-Quran film made by a Dutch lawmaker.

Muslims in Pakistan have staged similar protests since March when Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilder released the controversial film, portraying Islam as a ticking time bomb aimed at Western democracy.

The 15-minute film entitled "Fitna," an Arabic word meaning "ordeal," was posted on a Web site.

On Saturday, about 5,000 Muslims demonstrated in Karachi, chanting slogans against the Dutch lawmaker and the Danish government.

The rally was organized by a group called Movement for Protection of Prophet's Glory, and it ended peacefully.

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